Dustin Poirier says Khabib Nurmagomedov bought UFC 302 wrestle kit for $30,000

Dustin Poirier chanced on a buyer for his UFC 302 wrestle kit, and it became none as a replace of the man he once fought for the gentle-weight title, Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Poirier wore original custom floral shorts in his UFC 302 bout towards Islam Makhachev in his most modern shot at the divisional title. Although Poirier lost by submission in Spherical 5, he sought to manufacture a clear out of the second by itemizing the shorts, along with his shirt, gloves, and hand wraps for public sale for The Sincere Battle Foundation, a charity organized by the Louisiana native.

Unfortunately, the worthwhile eBay bidder failed to pay for the wrestle kit after the public sale became carried out. That’s when Nurmagomedov stepped up.

All the procedure through a most modern interview on The MMA Hour, Poirier published that his feeble foe became in shopping the shorts. Per Poirier, Nurmagomedov made exact on the deal about a days later.

“He bought it,” Poirier knowledgeable MMA Junkie. “… $30,000.”

Poirier stated Nurmagomedov’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, contacted him to full the hang of the wrestle kit, which is ready to offer funds for the charity’s programs.

“He came through, we shipped it off, backpacks are getting filled,” Poirier stated.

Poirier admitted he at the initiating hesitated to sell the wrestle kit, as a outcome of his combating future is unsure. The 35-one year-outmoded fighter contemplated retiring, and notion about keeping on to what’s going to be his closing UFC wrestle kit. Indirectly, “The Diamond” made up our minds to sell it to lift money to serve his neighborhood.

For the previous five years, Poirier’s charity has given away backpacks stuffed with college affords to children within the Lafayette Parish college machine who want assistance. This one year’s “Relief to College” match takes save Aug. 3 in Lafayette, La., the save the charity will present as much as three backpacks per automobile.

“We’ve received about 1,500, perchance moderately of bit less, perchance moderately of bit more, backpacks stuffed with college affords for the one year,” Poirier stated.